From a drive down the Dock Road

On the way to see the Frankfurt Am Main I spotted this tanker moored in Canada Dock. The ship in the background is the Navios Vector loading scrap, probably to be shipped to Turkey.

For some reason this reminds of the cigarette cards that I used to collect when I was but a lad many years ago, My dad smoked Woodbines and they had a series of warship cards and they all had dramtic skies and bands of red/orange sunlight across them. Or is it perhaps that as recollection improves memory fades.

From a drive down the Dock Road

On the way to see the Frankfurt Am Main I spotted this tanker moored in Canada Dock. The ship in the background is the Navios Vector loading scrap, probably to be shipped to Turkey.

For some reason this reminds of the cigarette cards that I used to collect when I was but a lad many years ago, My dad smoked Woodbines and they had a series of warship cards and they all had dramtic skies and bands of red/orange sunlight across them. Or is it perhaps that as recollection improves memory fades.

Great range of tones here, Les. If you don't mind sharing, how do you get such realistic HDRs? I use Photomatix Pro 3, and I guess I'm having trouble manipulating all the settings in a way that gets this realistic.

Les Auld: Thanks for the comment Alex. I too use Photomatix as part of the process but I find hat the output tends to be a bit flat so I process further in Photoshop. Using adjustment layers and filters I then try to bring a bit more life to it. As a final adjustment I also use a Photoshop plug-in called Topaz Adjust to enhance the HDR tone mapping effect.